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Does evil truly exist. And if it did, if it looked you
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in the eyes, would you see an old monstrosity staring back at
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you? Or would it be the face of your
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smiling neighbor? Perhaps evil exists within many
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layers, layers, that can, and can't be seen this story,
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intertwines. Truly evil Deeds with demonic
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spectres, a blend of True Crime and the Normal.
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This is the untold story of Fox Hollow Farm and the disturbing
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events of its past and the Paranormal Encounters of the
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present Westfield Indiana, a conservative town in America's
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Bible Belt known for small town. Hospitality strong families, and
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sports would soon begin to experience something very
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different. So different that it would stun
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the community's grip on Norma see soon the Wayward sons of
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Westfield began to go missing Each time the situation seemed
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to mirror one another with the name seemingly being the only
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details to change what started out as one person suddenly
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disappearing, began to multiply each time.
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Each victim only crafting a local article or to each person
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who went missing was gay or suspected of being gay.
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So as one can imagine and the small and conservative town
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Authorities, often believed that these people skip town as they
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often did or moved on to larger and more glamorous cities,
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perhaps ones that could cater better to their lifestyle
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choices. Instead of viewing these young
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men as victims, they often only view their families as the true
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victims since they were, never informed, as to why the men left
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and wouldn't receive as much as he could buy.
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But his time would tell, Those Wayward Sons, never truly left
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Westfield with each disappearance being almost a
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carbon copy of the previous several members of the
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community, including some of the men's families, grew
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increasingly alert and anxious. That something was terribly
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wrong with little to no help from law enforcement.
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At the time, several families hired private investigators to
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further. Try and figure out just what had
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happened to their sons. The first to suspect something.
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Malicious was a pi by the name of Virgil vandagriff with close
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ties to multiple law enforcement agencies.
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He soon would make waves with what he believed to be taking
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place that these young men did not simply skip town, but we're
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possibly the victims of Foul Play after months of convincing
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and strong efforts by vandagriff himself along with others
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actually. Ali in law enforcement began to
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search leaving no stone unturned.
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Their Trail would end in the backyard of a massive private
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estate but for all their efforts and years of experience, nothing
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would prepare them for the monsters crimes that they would
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have covered with in that backyard was a true field of
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Horrors buried, both deep and shallow some not at all.
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Were the remains of a suspected 25 victims, their bones
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scattered throughout the land as if they weren't even human at
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all. Shocked, and appalled, by the
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discovery, the media was soon contacted and efforts were made
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to find the man suspected of these atrocities.
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A man that no one suspected a local businessman by the name of
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Herbert Baumeister. With each shovel full of Earth.
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More bone fragments would be discovered and the Mystery
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continue to deepen. The suspect was nowhere to be
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found behind the eyes of this smiling.
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Neighbor was a darkness and abyss of deception and evil that
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we are still trying to come to grips with today.
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But to understand the monster of a man, we must first understand,
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his story starting from the beginning.
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Born April, 7th, 1947, and Indianapolis Indiana.
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He was the first of four children to be born to dr.
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Herbert Baumeister senior, and his wife Elizabeth As dr.
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Baumeister's practice grew. So did the family's wealth?
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They would eventually move from a modest middle-class
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neighborhood to the upper echelons of the suburbs and
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Indianapolis. All seemed normal for the young
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boy at first playing with other neighborhood kids toys.
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And his siblings. Nothing seemed out of the
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ordinary But as he began to age into adolescence, he began to
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exhibit strange and often antisocial Behavior.
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Some of his actions would include urinating on his
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teacher's desk and playing with dead animals.
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One of his only friends during this time, was a person named
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Donovan. Who would later explain that
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Herber would dive into repulsive revelries, expressing to him,
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the desire to taste human urine and other strange and often
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sexually deviant fantasies will caught the attention of the
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staff at his school. Was that one?
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He went walking to school Herbert will come across a dead
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crow that have been hit by a car.
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He picked up the poor creature and proceeded to stuff.
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Its body into his pocket and went to class like normal later
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in the day, when the teacher wasn't paying attention, he took
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the dead bird out and placed it on her desk.
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It's gnarled and twisted, body on full display to his peers and
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his teacher, this incident made his parents away.
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Where that Herbert wasn't just an oddball her going through
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changes but something is deeply wrong with his psyche.
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His father a licensed doctor. Quickly sent the boy away from
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mental evaluation after a lengthy series of tests.
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That would be determined that the young man suffered from
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schizophrenia being determined to have a split personality as
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well. Although his diagnosis is a
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matter of public record, no further treatment for him, can
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be determined. Although we can assume at least
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for a time. He received medication for the
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disease, as he progressed into High School, the small and
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socially odd Herbert didn't fit in with his sports playing
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peers. This led to a deep withdrawal
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into himself and into isolation. He seemed to have no interest in
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school or girls or any of the typical things.
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A boy, his age would be into, he was just Direction.
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Has this direction was state would persist into his college
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Years, where he would drop out multiple times over the course
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of his time there. Never finishing or graduating
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worried about his son The Aging. Dr. Baumeister pulled some
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strings, with a friend of his in the community and got her hired
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on as a copy boy, with the famous paper, the Indianapolis
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Star. He was eager and well dressed.
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But again, couldn't seem to quite fit in attempting to
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become one of the crew with his fellow staff members.
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He offered to drive them to a University of Indianapolis
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football game to, which they all agreed.
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As they waited outside of the office with their dates and tow,
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the crew was shocked when Herbert arrived in a hearse
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wearing a full chauffeurs outfit.
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It's speculated that he acquired the hearse through one of his
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father's friends within the medical industry weirded out.
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But not having another way to the game at the time, the men,
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and their dates reluctantly got into their hers with Herbert and
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proceeded to drive to the game. But with lights flashing as if
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in a funeral procession many cars were moving or pulling over
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to allow them to pass. This made the people riding in
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the Hearst Wonder just what kind of an oddball was working with
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them and now steering the wheel. The incident to say, the least,
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did not make him one of the group and he would soon end up
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leaving this job, despite never having much luck with women to,
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everyone's surprise Herbert. Married a woman named Julie
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Seder in 1971. Having been introduced by a
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mutual friend, she seems smitten with the young faced Baumeister
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the to initially, hit it off. When they discovered, they had
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mutual things in common Both wanting to own their own
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businesses, someday, among other normal things in the mid-1970s
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Julie would give up her job as a high school journalism teacher
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to focus on her and Herb having a family.
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And the years to come three children would follow fearing
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for his son's. Future Doctor Baumeister yet
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again, pulled some strings to help him and secured a job for
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his son. At the local DMV to allow him to
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support his new and growing family.
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A modest job for seemingly odd, but modest man, but it wasn't
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long before Herbert made it apparent that he wasn't going to
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fit in here, either. He began to lash out.
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Out and fellow employees for seemingly, no reason these
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episodes cause several disruptions that would be
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noticed by the public and management of the facility
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alike. But despite this Behavior, they
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also noticed that he had an eagerness to achieve.
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And this eagerness was mixed with the high degree of
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intelligence. So he was allowed to keep his
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job, but these outbursts would be far from the end of his
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Antics while working here. He was described as having a
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bizarre sense of humor having sent out photos of him.
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And another man and drag one Christmas to the office, and
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another incident where he urinated on his boss's desk,
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perhaps, because of his father's connections or leniency, on the
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behalf of management, he somehow was able to keep his job after
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these events as well. The final straw, however, would
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come when Herbert decided to urinate on a letter.
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That was going to be sent to the governor of Indiana for this
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bizarre incident. He was finally let go the
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ever-faithful and supporting Julie returned to teaching to
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supplement the family's income after the incident.
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Meanwhile Herber would once again be institutionalized for
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short while after being discharged Herbert through a
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series of odd jobs, what eventually landed a local thrift
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store. And although he felt remedial at
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first First, he soon realized the potential and owning a
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business like that and would proceed to gain experience in
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the day-to-day operations. While working there for the next
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three years during this time, his father who seem to always
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try to guide him in a positive direction and provide a good
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example for him would pass away after discussing the opportunity
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with his wife. And after a small loan of four
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thousand dollars from his now widowed mother Herbert, Open his
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first, Save A Lot thrift store in Westfield in 1988, its
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success. Would allow the family to open
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another store and move from their modest.
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Middle-class neighborhood to purchasing a sprawling estate.
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That would become known as Fox Hollow Farm complete with four
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bedrooms elegant Woodwork and an indoor swimming pool, as well as
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a riding stable. This beautiful home sat on 18
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and a half acres which provided Did the Tranquil Rural Life that
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Julie had always wanted for her family?
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The couple was living, the American dream on the surface.
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It would later be revealed that her was very manipulative, would
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always controlled. Usually, whenever a decision had
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to be made, he would take control whether For Better or
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For Worse. These episodes would lead to the
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couple splitting up multiple times, albeit for short periods
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of time and would turn their Are American Dream into an American
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Nightmare, one filled with anger and tension, anger and tension
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that seem to be adopted into the walls of Fox.
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Hollow Farm Julie would often take the children to visit
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herbes mother for weeks at a time leaving him to his own
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devices, citing business pressures as the reason that he
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would never join them. Although, in reality, their
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marriage was teetering, she would later reveal that besides
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these episodes of manipulation. Her and Herb only had sex a
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total of six times throughout their entire 25-year marriage
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despite their problems. However, she always tried to
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reconcile their differences that is perhaps why she believed her,
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and his ridiculous Alibis, one in particular that shocking was
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at a 94 on the Family Estate. Their son was playing in their
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heavily. Wooded backyard.
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When he found a fully intact human skull and a half buried
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human skeleton. Absolutely shocked at what the
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boy had found, Julie anxiously waited for her.
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Husband to arrive back from work that day to tell him what had
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happened upon his arrival. She showed him the Oddity, and
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he explained to her that it was one of his late father's,
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dissecting skeletons. And that he had been storing it
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in the garage, but decided to bury it after rearranging, and
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cleaning out the garage earlier that year Case Closed with her
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mind, put it, he's Julie and the rest of the family continued on
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their normal day-to-day routines, including their ever
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frequent visits to herbs, mother's estate.
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However, her had a dark secret. Each time his family would leave
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sometimes for weeks at a time, leaving him to do, whatever he
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wanted. He soon became a regular at
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various gay bars and clubs and the Indianapolis area meeting
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men under the Alias of Brian nice, he developed a routine of
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his own, he would often meet these men at clubs and bars and
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convince them to go home with him.
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Typically telling them that the home, he was taking them to was
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His own, but rather he was the caretaker or maintenance person
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of it upon arriving. He would convince them to make
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their way with him to the wet bar and Pool located within the
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basement where after several more drinks and sometimes
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cocaine he would make his move often under the guise of wanting
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to have sex. He will convince them to
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strangle him during their escapades to further enhance the
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pleasure. When they would then want the
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same done to them. Brian would then strangle them
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to death. This was often done in the nude
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and either near or in the pool itself.
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Once deceased he would dispose of the body and the Woodland
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area of his massive estate and although it's not 100%
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confirmed, it is believed that up to 25.
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Men were disposed this way on the property.
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How her was able to keep up his guise of Preity is anyone's
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guess, taking one, human life, let alone possibly 25.
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And being able to live with oneself, let alone function and
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any capacity is in and of itself indicative of mental illness.
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In my opinion. However, soon this erotic and
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murderous fever dream would come to a fiery and unforeseen
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ending. The friend of another man who
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had gone missing named Tony Harris noticed, herb, or Brian
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Smart staring at a missing-persons poster of his
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friend, Roger goodly, One Night in a gay bar or club known as
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the 501 Club. He noticed the way he stared at
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the poster, not only for an unusual amount of time, but
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something in his gut, told him that this man had to know
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something about his missing friend after several drinks in
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casual. Station Brian asked the man to
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come home with him. His usual routine upon arriving.
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He was told that Brian was the caretaker of the property and
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that the new family who had just bought the house had moved in
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yet. He was then Hurley led to the
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pool room in the basement. The pool room itself was
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disheveled and dirty and filled with mannequins like those you
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find a department stores creepy but not absolutely insane.
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Tony decided to carry on with the engagement the to drink
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several more strong drinks and after a skinny dipping session,
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Brian suddenly expressed his desire for Tony to try and
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asphyxiate him while he pleasured himself this sudden
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and strange emission had Tony even more convinced.
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This man had to know or was responsible to what happened to
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his friend, not wanting to ruin his chances of figuring out if
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Brian Smart was the culprit. Did as he was asked slipping a
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water hose around. Brian snack.
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As he proceeded after this first go-around shockingly, Tony
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allowed himself to be strangled by Brian as well as he feigned
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Consciousness. He saw Brian looking over his
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shoulder with a bizarre and drunken grin.
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He however, thankfully felt Brian, he's up.
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And after a slight pause, he whispered his name in his ear
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and began to shake. Him as he came to Brian.
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Expressed that he had scared him.
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He let him know that people had died to this and that he had had
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accidents with this. Tony decided to be frank and say
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what happened to Roger? Goodell was he one of your
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accidents and have there been others.
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Hoping to raise a confession, he was quickly disappointed.
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Brian quickly. Dismissed the idea and acted
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like the entire thing was some sort of weird.
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He then quickly made himself, another strong drink and drink.
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It almost immediately as he ported after this Brian speech
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began to slur and he dozed off on the couch near the wet bar.
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This gave Tony a chance to try and figure some things out
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making his way quietly but quickly upstairs, he began to
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rummage through the house noticing that there were
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children's toys and women's clothing in almost every room,
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making it apparent to him that someone had been Been living
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there for quite some time, seeking Brian smarts, real name,
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assuming now that he was a liar. He sought his wallet for his
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i.d. He found his pants tossed to the
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side near the couch, where he was sleeping and began to
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rummage through them. He felt a wallet.
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But as he began to pull it out, Brian began to wake up, causing
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him to drop them after. He came to, it took some
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convincing but Brian, finally, agreed to drive, Tony back.
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A town telling him that he had been a good sport, really knew
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how to play the to then promised to meet again at the 501 Club
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that following Wednesday, Tony immediately took this
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information to vandagriff who was the pi on his friends case
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and as Wednesday arrived Vandergriff and his team posted
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up all around the club. To observe just who this Bryon
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smart was however, as ours passed that appeared that Tony
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had been stood up. Realizing that this had to be
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the missing piece to the puzzle Vandergriff, contacted the
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Indianapolis Police Department and spoke with the one person
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who believed his story, a no-nonsense detective, by the
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name of Mary Wilson, good work. To other cases with him
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realizing that this to had to be the missing link Mary made
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arrangements to look into the details further and to try and
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acquire a license plate number. Meanwhile, her Baumeister
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continue to live in his fever tree.
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Of an existence his marriage to Julie continued.
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But the cracks that were once hidden became visible the
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strains of a sexless and Loveless marriage, only
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escalated their fighting, which was now making its way into
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their day-to-day, professional lives and began to affect the
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business by the end of 1994. There are two locations had
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taken a plunge numbers have declined and bills began to
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soar. Julie, who had always been
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unwavering and supportive, despite the blatant issues,
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threatened divorce but ended up not following through instead,
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she sat by, and watched her business decline, her marriage,
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rod, and her husband, grow, ever stranger, and more bizarre, and
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his Antics, it was apparent, his family and staff that he was.
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Now, drinking every day who had often arrived, drunk to the
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stores, everything was dirty. The stores began to become
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cluttered and unkempt, as did their Estates yard and inside
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the home itself, cluttered and overgrown a year.
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Now, had passed since Virgil vandagriff, and Mary Wilson
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began using Tony's in tow to search.
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For the true. Identity of the man that was
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known as bright smart, their leads up until this point had
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gone nowhere, and they were on the verge of giving up, but
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their luck was about to change. Change assuming his presence had
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cooled down so to speak within the gay community Brian Smart.
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Re-emerged on the scene at a club called The Varsity Lounge,
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the evening of August 29, 1995 and Tony Harris.
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Just so happened to be present. He arrived after a brief and
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nonchalant chat with him, Tony then quickly made his way to the
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parking, lot to watch, Brian drive away, and to record his
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license. Plate, the plate.
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Number was seven, 5237 a, and did not belong to anyone named
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Brian smart. But instead belong to a man
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named Herbert are Baumeister of Westfield Indiana.
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He also just so happened to be a well-known, wealthy businessman,
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and the owner of a luxurious estate called Fox Hollow Farm, a
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beautiful home that boasted a swimming pool in its basement.
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All the information. Tony now provided began to check
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out and Vandergriff and Mary were convinced that they had
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their man and began to move in as the police were closing in
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her began to unravel Mary, and her boss, lieutenant Thomas
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Green approached Baumeister at his Washington Street store on
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November 1st, 1995 without Small Talk.
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They told him that he was a suspect in The Disappearance of
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several young men at the Inn. Indianapolis community and that
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they wanted to search his Home Herb.
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Then refused and replied with a full smile and told them that
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all Communications must go through his lawyer when this
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failed Mary than approach Julie, who looked like she had seen a
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ghost when confronted with the news.
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She was given Mary's card and urged to call her.
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She changed her mind to authorize a search.
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It wasn't until June of 1996 about.
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Out, six months after the initial contact was made.
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The Julie decided to make that call.
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She had watched her business fail and her marriage dissolve,
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and her husband devolve into a strange and paranoid wreak upon
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some reflecting, she realized that she no longer felt that
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loyalty or obligation to him any longer.
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After arranging the call through her lawyer.
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Julie took the opportunity to inform Mary about the skeletal
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remains her son, had found the backyard, all those years ago,
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thankfully with her about of the house, visiting his mother with
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one of their sons, as soon as humanly possible with several
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other detectives with her Mary, anxiously drove to Fox Hollow
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Farm. The backyard at first glance
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looked overgrown, but otherwise, normal it is, the men began to
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Kick the low grass, they encountered a bone, which would
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turn out to be human about a foot long and burns.
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They quickly knew that they had just stumbled onto something
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huge. They would discover thousands of
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Bones and Bone fragments strewn across the yard, some of them
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buried and others laying on top of the ground.
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It was like as soon as they found one fragment, they quickly
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discovered another a never-ending trail of Order
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before they could act any further.
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They took several evidence bags full of bone fragments to the
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agency's forensic anthropologist at the University of Indiana for
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examination. He would indeed confirm that
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they were human. And recently deceased the
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following day, the estate was sectioned off as a crime scene
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and agents quickly. Got to work collecting evidence
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Upon A search inside the home. They discovered the Ian's wet
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bar and pool just as Tony Harris had described.
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However, they also noticed something that Tony apparently
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had not tucked in the corner of the room was his semi hidden
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video, camera one, that undoubtedly would have been used
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to record the murders. Each Discovery only deepened,
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the bizarre nature of the mystery as it unfolded, the hunt
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for her Baumeister was now in full swing, this more than
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5,500, bone fragments. They alone were pulled from the
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graveyard upon Fox Hollow Farm bits of bone from every part of
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the body teeth and hair. But after departing the lake
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house at his mother's estate herb was nowhere to be found.
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He had disappeared into the proverbial list from what could
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be determined at the time. Herb had fled in his 1989 gray
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Buick and was heading north the following day.
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He had phoned his brother asking for money from The business.
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However, it was a futile request later.
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He would enter as a fugitive and to Canada would make his way to
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Ontario over the course of several days.
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Then at Pinery park on the evening of July, the 3rd.
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Her would put a 357 Magnum Revolver to his forehead and
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pull the trigger. He left behind a note
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attributing, his decision to a failing business and marriage,
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but there was no mention Of the skeletons left of Westfield.
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Instead, his final words on the three-page suicide, no stated
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that he would now eat a peanut butter sandwich, his favorite
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snack, and then go to sleep. Although never directly proven
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in Trials, since he was never apprehended, it's suspected that
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her Baumeister killed up to 25 men, over the course of several
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years at Fox Hollow Farm, while acting out his sick fantasies.
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And although a So, camera was discovered after thorough
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searching through the Save-A-Lot stores.
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And the estate no videotapes were ever uncovered leading many
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to believe that they could still be out there somewhere or even
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buried somewhere. This dramatic end to a bizarre
29:12
story. However, wouldn't truly be the
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event because many over the years, have claimed that those
29:19
whose lives were taken at Fox Hollow Farm, never truly left.
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After rocking the community with the horrific, discovery of the
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proverbial graveyard and the murder farm at Fox Hollow, along
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with the demise of a wants prolific family, and businessman
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Herb Baumeister at his own hands.
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The community did what he could to forget talks initially were
29:45
had about demolishing the property, but that never came to
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fruition instead. It would be purchased by a
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private investor. Fox Hollow Farm will be placed
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back on the market. A new owners would purchase it
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more than two decades after the bodies were found Robin Vicki
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Graves had found what appeared to be their dream home looking
30:08
to escape the big city life and take up a more rural one for
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themselves and their two teenage Sons.
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They found Fox Hollow Farm and were shocked at how affordable
30:19
it was for the sheer size and quality of the property, sensing
30:23
that, it was too good to be true.
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True. They asked what could possibly
30:26
be wrong with it because that a passing glance, it seemed
30:30
absolutely gorgeous. Then it came to Rob.
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He had remembered the name from a news broadcast, many years
30:38
ago, unbeknownst to him and his wife.
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They were now standing on the very same grounds that were once
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owned by Herb Baumeister, the notorious serial killer, they
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immediately brought this up to the real estate agent who was
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showing them the property. He immediately told that that
30:55
was indeed the case that the private investor had indeed
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purchased the estate from the Widow of herb, following the
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disturbing. Discovery of the bodies back in
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the 1990s, but that it had been completely remodeled from head
31:10
to toe removing any and all remnants of what it looked like
31:14
in the murders had taken place all those years ago, but that's
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why I was indeed so affordable because no one wanted to live
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there due to the history. After some further discussion
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among the couple, they ultimately decided to purchase
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the property within a couple weeks.
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The family moves in and falls in love with Fox Hollow Farm the
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teenage son soon, make it a habit to play outside and then
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wash off in the pool in the basement soon.
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Tracking, dirt and gravel all throughout the home, one day
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Vicki is vacuuming up the dirt that the boys had brought in
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from the outside around the pool.
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When When suddenly, her vacuum loses power.
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Believing that perhaps she had accidentally unplugged it from
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the outlet. She plugged it back in and
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continued her work within several more minutes.
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It happened again perplexed this time because she was even more
32:11
aware and careful about the cord on the outlet.
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She knew she hadn't unplugged. So she plugged it back in and
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triple checked that it wasn't just falling out of the outlet,
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by pulling the cord. Evermore where this time, she
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goes back to vacuuming, but keeping a present, I on the
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court itself and to her amazement, it pulls out on its
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own. As if someone had grabbed and
32:35
pulled it out of the socket startled, she drops the vacuum
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who is beside herself. She doesn't know how to make
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sense of what had just happened and this would just be the
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beginning of the strangers that would occur Rob, worked at a car
32:51
dealership. And one of his employees was a
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man named Joe Joe had been a great employee but had a problem
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of being chronically late most of the time as he probed to
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figure out what was going on Joe and formed Rob that he lived
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over an hour away and really needed.
33:08
The job would be willing to move closer if the opportunity
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presented itself. Well, Rob thought about it and
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ended up offering Joe a place to rent located on Fox Hollow Farm.
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They had a guest house that they work.
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Considering renting out his apartments for quite some time
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and this seemed like the perfect opportunity to benefit everyone
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involved. Joe would indeed move in just a
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few days later, it takes several hours, but within that time
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frame, they're able to get everything inside and finish.
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The move exhausted. Joe decides to retire for the
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night with his dog, Fred as he lays down to sleep in his newly
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set up bed, he then finds himself in a horrific nightmare.
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He's being chased through out, Fox Hollow Farm by something.
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He can't see. The dream is so intense that it
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causes him to sleepwalk which wasn't something that he was
34:02
known to do. He began to run while still
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dreaming and ran directly into the door frame.
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As he tried to escape the guest house, falling back.
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He knocked into a nearby glass of water, which fell and
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shattered, cutting his hands, the impact and cutting of his
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hands, finally. Woke him up and he was forced to
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sit back and Ponder just what had taken place.
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And things would only intensify from here another day soon after
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Rob was painting the side of their home, the different color
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as he and his wife remarks on how nice to finish job will be.
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She spots something out of the corner of her eye.
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She had seen a man in a red shirt staring at them as she
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broke away from her husband and began to approach.
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The figure is started to walk away from her.
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And quickly disappeared as if it never existed.
34:57
The couple then called out and check the perimeter.
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But never found anyone, they dismissed the person as nothing
35:04
more than a curious trespasser. I mean, after all, they did
35:08
purchase a serial killers home, it is had to accept that.
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Curious, people may sneak up just to get a look at their home
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later. That night.
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Joe's doing the dishes in his apartment when he suddenly gets
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a series of knocks on his front door.
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Telling the person it'll just be a minute as he drives his hands
35:27
off to go and answer the door. The series of knocks, begin to
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grow louder and more aggressive thinking.
35:35
It was extremely strange or extremely urgent concerning
35:38
Vicky or Rob. He went and answered the doors.
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It was still being knocked upon. However, as he opened the door,
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it was no one to be found automatically on guard.
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He peers outside the knocking had been Happening, when he
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answered the door so no person could have got very far while he
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answered, mid knock, he glanced around and yet saw and heard
36:03
nothing. He stepped outside and began to
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examine the roof in the nearby areas.
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And still, there was nothing there really weirded out at this
36:14
point. He made his way back inside and
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bolted the door, locked behind him.
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He started to make his way back to the kitchen to finish doing
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his dishes. Spotted a man standing in his
36:25
bedroom staring at it. Upon spotting the figure his dog
36:31
begins to growl and make sounds that he's never heard him make
36:34
before staring directly and the direction of the bedroom already
36:40
on edge, he ran into the bedroom and flicked the light on only to
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discover that there was again, know what they're searching, the
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entire apartment. He again found nothing trying to
36:54
rationalize and clears mind, he decided to take his dog Fred for
36:59
a walk to calm down and unwind for the evening.
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Well, on his walk around the property, he thought to check on
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Rob and Vicki's house to see if the lights were on this.
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Would indicate to him that perhaps they were the ones who
37:13
had knocked on his door and therefore, he could rest easy
37:16
and figure out what it was about the following morning, however,
37:21
upon arriving at their house. He found it, completely blacked
37:24
out, they had already gone to bed for the night.
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Red, who was always a loyal and obedient dog, always walked with
37:32
him without a leash and would always follow his commands.
37:36
However, tonight would be a different story.
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Deciding to head, back to his apartment, he motioned for Fred
37:43
to join him, but the dog would not budge.
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He suddenly began to growl and then bolted into the nearby Tree
37:51
Line. Instinctively, Joe ran after his
37:54
dog but not before seeing what his dog was running after.
37:58
After before his eyes and the very same tree line was a man in
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a red shirt, although he was absolutely terrified.
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Joe couldn't let anything happen to his beloved, dog.
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So he continued to run towards this man when suddenly whoever
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or whatever this was disappeared before his eyes.
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Although slightly behind, he would quickly catch up to Fred.
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And now, noticed him not acting aggressive at all, but rather
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showing his belly and submission staring in the direction of Joe.
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Joe knowing his dog knew that something very strange had to be
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up with them. He suddenly felt as if someone
38:41
was staring directly at him, he's slowly turned around to see
38:46
The Apparition of a man red shirt with a twist of fate.
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Staring back at him, just several feet away.
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Joe is, most of us would ran out of there as fast as he could.
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His loyal companion, following him the to run as fast as they
39:05
can. Back to the apartment where they
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Rush inside, lock and deadbolt, the door and nervously.
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Watch out of the blinds for the rest of the night, the following
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morning, and even more exhausted.
39:17
Joe makes his way to Vicki and Rob's house to discuss the
39:20
price. Your night's events as he's
39:22
telling both of them. What happened?
39:25
Vicki starts to become a lotion. She too had seen the man in red,
39:29
just days earlier, she points to where she saw him and lo and
39:33
behold, it's the exact same spot that Joe had encountered The
39:37
Entity the night before, as the day progressed tonight, Joe yet
39:42
again found himself in his apartment hoping to finally get
39:45
some rest. But as he settled down in his
39:48
bed, he was suddenly startled by knocking at his door, as he
39:53
yelled out. Who is it, as he made his way
39:56
towards the door? He didn't receive inaudible
39:59
answer back, just more aggressive knocking at the door,
40:04
the door itself. Now, shaking facing his fear of
40:08
the unknown did knock Joe throws.
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The door open, only to meet face-to-face.
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It's nothing. As he frantically looks around
40:19
the yard while holding the door. He notices that the doors
40:22
knocking apparatus is sticking straight out.
40:26
As if someone is holding it at then drops.
40:30
One Last Time, knocking the door, absolutely petrified.
40:35
Joe slams. The door locks it as he tries to
40:38
catch his breath and take several steps backwards he sees
40:42
the doorknob begin to turn them without Without warning the
40:47
door. Bursts open shattering the lock
40:51
the open door yet again. Reveals no one after a moment of
40:55
Frozen Terror, Joe runs outside and into the front yard of his
40:59
apartment screaming and searching all around for, just
41:03
who could be doing this after several minutes.
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He stares back into the house, to the open, front door, and
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sees a man dressed in all white standing there.
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He's soaked from head to toe and what appears to Get water and is
41:18
screaming in the muted voice as if he's being held under water,
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he then bolts towards Joe and seemingly disappears into a list
41:28
frantically, calling out to his dog, Fred to accompany him.
41:31
Joe frantically makes his way to Rob and Vicki's house on the
41:34
property. He's so terrified that he's
41:37
shaking now, and Robin Vicki, you're just as scared.
41:41
They now truly believe that they are dealing with something
41:43
paranormal in nature. In order to rationalize, this
41:47
situation makes sense of what was taking place.
41:51
They begin to believe that they're experiencing the results
41:54
of the murders conducted by Herb Baumeister.
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And that his victims are either trapped here, somehow or their
42:02
energy is stuck in an endless loop.
42:05
We're playing their final and tragic moments over and over and
42:11
over again. Refusing to return to his
42:16
apartment, Robin Vicki. Being the support of friends.
42:19
They were agreed that Joe could stay the night with them and
42:22
together. They would begin researching
42:24
online to try and formulate, some kind of a plan of action of
42:28
what to do next. As they collectively scour, the
42:32
Baumeister case information, they find themselves.
42:35
Looking at the list of identified victims as they get
42:39
deeper into the details. Joe is shocked.
42:43
He stops them on a picture of a man in a white shirt.
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That was the man I saw in my apartment who was soaked from
42:49
head to toe and screaming, although this information still
42:54
scares them, it does help reassure them that they are
42:57
indeed dealing with the victims of this horrendous.
43:00
His tragedy, they are especially convinced considering many of
43:04
the remains have never been identified so they continue to
43:08
research the case after several uneventful days.
43:12
Joe finds himself almost compelled to walk around the
43:15
property with his dog except this time in broad daylight.
43:20
So apprehensively, he makes his way with Fred to the area where
43:25
both, he and Vickie have seen the man in red on separate
43:28
occasions. Just Tree line on the Walking
43:32
path. Joe stopped by what looks to be
43:34
a bone. He believes that it's impossible
43:37
that such a bone could have been missed during the extensive
43:40
searches over the years. But nonetheless is right here.
43:44
Right now is if it had been placed there for him to discover
43:49
quickly Consulting and showing Rob and Vicky the discovery,
43:53
they too believed that this could be a bone belonging to the
43:56
mysterious man in red. They ended up contacting the
43:59
lead detective on. On the Baumeister case and
44:02
submitted the bone, which turned out to be a human, femur bone,
44:06
in his evidence. And for analysis, they then
44:10
requested, if the investigator himself could come out to the
44:13
property and explain to them, just weird things had taken
44:16
place, so they could have a better understanding of what
44:20
happened to, which he obliged several days passed, and Joe.
44:25
By this point had made his way back to his apartment to try and
44:29
settle back in given the name. Formation while on his computer,
44:33
checking his emails. He began to hear a scraping
44:36
almost metallic like sound originating from the kitchen
44:40
upon further examination. He sees that all of his butcher
44:44
knives. From his knife block have been
44:46
neatly arranged in his sink, placed in a row equally spaced
44:51
from one, another glancing around the room.
44:54
He spots, fresh deep Cuts in the wood of the nearby counter
44:58
cabinet. He believes that this could be a
45:01
sign for one of the victims crying for help.
45:04
He starts to try and figure out the mystery.
45:08
He takes out his phone begins recording asking probing
45:12
questions to whoever or whatever could be there and hopes of
45:16
helping them in any way that he can prior to this.
45:20
Of course, he turned off any and all appliances that can
45:23
interfere with the process. He begins by asking a series of
45:27
questions and doesn't seem to get much of anything at least
45:31
not audibly. But then towards the end of his
45:34
questions. Fred begins to growl same, Eerie
45:37
growl. He had any time, they'd
45:39
experienced something, previously, taking this as
45:42
confirmation that perhaps His companion could see, or hear
45:46
something that he couldn't, he quickly downloads the audio file
45:50
and begins to listen to it on his computer and to his shock.
45:55
He did indeed receive a response.
45:58
This is the clip of the actually VP that was recorded who keeps
46:02
walking in the kitchen. He believes he hears the married
46:09
one. But in all of their research,
46:12
all of the victims were young single gay men.
46:16
The only one who was married was one Herb Baumeister.
46:21
This Revelation is startled. He not only believes that the
46:24
victims were trapped within the grounds of Fox Hollow Farm, but
46:29
that perhaps this serial killer himself, could to be trapped
46:33
here, but would follow would be dozens of paranormal.
46:37
To gatien's. And those investigations would
46:40
lead the group to believe that they were not only dealing with
46:43
the spirits of the victims haunting the grounds, but either
46:46
a dark entity and personating Baumeister or the killer
46:50
himself. Several years after the events,
46:54
the graves family would end up selling Fox.
46:56
Hollow Farm, it will continue to change hands over the years
47:00
since then leading to multiple new owners of the property and
47:04
although new information doesn't seem to be public.
47:07
Available. It's still considered one of the
47:10
most haunted places in Indiana, if not, the world given its
47:15
unique and gruesome history, and independent film would go on to
47:19
be made about called The Haunting of Fox Hollow Farm and
47:23
Robert Graves along with another man named Richard me step Who
47:27
led many paranormal investigations at Fox Hollow,
47:30
Farm hukou, write a book detailing, the families creepy
47:34
experiences, what they believed to be altered, Really happened.
47:39
So in conclusion, we know that Herb Baumeister was mentally ill
47:43
ultimately but what makes this case so strange, so compelling
47:47
to me, is that he was an outstanding member of his
47:50
community for the longest time. He was The Smiling neighbor, the
47:55
charitable businessman, The Happy Family, Man, an overall a
48:00
pillar of normalcy. But behind closed doors his
48:05
psyche his soul contained. A darkness that most of us will
48:10
never be able to comprehend yet alone unravel and understand.
48:16
So could the murderous Deeds of a twisted individual trapped
48:19
Souls on a property and perhaps, open some kind of a portal could
48:24
the unleashing of such energy like what is expressed in a
48:27
violent death contribute to something like this if it
48:31
wasn't, what's known? As Intelligent haunting where
48:34
the spirits are aware of what has happened to them, and are
48:37
indeed trapped there, which very well could still be the case,
48:42
then, perhaps it could be a residual haunting where the
48:45
events are of such magnitude and strength that they play on a
48:49
loop for all time. But the souls who were involved
48:53
have long since moved on. These are questions that we may
48:57
never have answers to that all things that we should Ponder the
49:02
one thing. Is for certain the malicious
49:04
calculation of her Baumeister and the horrendous things that
49:08
he did to the suspected 25 victims at Fox Hollow Farms,
49:13
should never be forgotten. They are indeed still
49:16
identifying and using updated technology to identify remains
49:20
that are still being found on the grounds.
49:23
This has happened as recent as November 2022.
49:27
So if you happen to be a family member of someone that you
49:30
suspect could be connected to this case, Ace just know that my
49:34
heart truly does go out to you. And please contact the Hamilton
49:38
County coroner's office at 317, 77044, 15, besides remembering
49:47
what happened? I also urge you to, please
49:49
respect the victims and their families, as well as the family
49:53
of her Baumeister, if you should ever have anything to do with
49:57
them. Thank you all so much for
50:00
watching. I know this one is a little
50:01
different from the cases. I typically cover here but it's
50:04
just such a unique case that it kind of took on a life of its
50:08
own. And I felt that it was important
50:10
to get the details as concrete and accurate as I could.
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I pray that your Year is off to a wonderful All-Star.
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